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These places were Changping. Wut-sing, and Sanho, When the farmers took over Hslangho a number of leaflets were issued by them, printed in Chinese characters. As there is no printing plant within the city of Hsiangho, these were obviously imported.
The date October 10 as the print ting date is said to appear on them and the date of issue October 23, Which date had been altered with a enoil to read October 20.
These leaflets refer to the bad times the farmers are experiencing and then refer to General Yen Hsi-shan's len for public ownership of lant in Aisparaging terms. It then goes, to declare that rich farmers a te made poor by the scheme while the poor will never be able to be reh.
Local Autonomy Scheme It then proceeds to outline a scheme of local autonomy, working thr: 8 Min-sheng Yin Hong or Livelihood Bank. It criticises the government, perliculsrly the extension of the Period of political tutelage. inferring Ahat the abolition of the Kuomintang in Hopel means that the period rf tutelage or training is no longer ne-assary in this area, saying, "his can vuuly mean that the people's standed very high already and that we need no more training."
Tt then goes on, "We decide to rise' up on October 20 (altered from 23). On this day every family shall send out at least one man, the more the better, carrying small dags end bringing their own food. The village shall lead the" mass with a big dag} inscribed Ho Ping Fen Tau (ght peacefully) and shall go to the mag-{strate's office, Tokyo, Oct. 28.
possible Sino-Japanese controversy over the revolt of farmers in several north China areas appear ed extremely remote to-day, Feports were received from Tientsin and Peiping to the effect that the Fevolt was subsiding.
Japanese officials in north China fare understood to have discovered some evidence that extreme radicals intended to join the—tax-protest movement solely in order to increase their own prestige if the revolt were! successful, This, it was understood, was one of the reasons why the Nanking authorities ordered the immediate and drastic suppression of the movement The Japanese, however, remained aloof, it was explained here, following the policy of non-Interference with internal Chinese offairs—United Press.
Taxes to be Lowered Tientsin, Oct, 28. Instructions to lower taxes _were issued yesterday by Gen, Shang Chen, chairman of the Hopel Provineial Government, to the magistrates of all hsien in the province.
The order was the aftermath serious agrarian unrest in all parts of Hopei. Serious riots took place in a number of hsien, while, in Hsiangho, discontented farmers. resorted to armed force to overthrow the district government, placing their own men in office.
Wu Ting, leader of the Hsiangho malcontents, announced that he will yield to the provincial government if the latter takes effective steps to improve local administration. He also expressed his consent for the appointment of Mr. Liu Yao-tung, counsellor of the Hopei Provincial Government, as district magistrate Rengo
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